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Emma Paterson (left), Hannah Paterson and Claire Needham get into the Canada Day celebration spirit Sunday at Fort George Park.

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Search for Seymour comes up empty ■ Police

Ground search held in Sunrise Trailer Court area of the city The Prince George RCMP with assistance from the Prince George Search and Rescue Society conducted a ground search for 32-year-old Barry Blain Seymour on Thursday.

The search was conducted in the area of the Sunrise Trailer Court on Lansdowne Road in Prince George.

This is the area where Seymour was last seen on May 23. Volunteer Search & Rescue personnel began arriving at 4 p.m. and continued to arrive as they finished their regular jobs for the day. In all, 15 volunteers searched an area of land “equivalent to six Rogers arenas”, according to Prince George Search and Rescue spokesperson, Jeff Smedley. They covered trails, roadways, areas with thick brush and even rappelled down steep embankments covered in various types of vegetation.

The search of the area concluded just after 9 p.m. with no trace of Seymour.

“Although we are not able to provide closure to Barry’s family and friends, we can rule out this area and focus more on any other information that comes

in” states Prince George RCMP spokesperson, Cpl. Craig Douglass.

At this point in the investigation, RCMP have completed an aerial search of the Fraser River between Prince George and Quesnel, a Fraser River shoreline search by boat, a police dog search of the area around Landsdowne Road and now a extensive ground search by the Prince George Search & Rescue Society.

The Prince George RCMP’s Serious Crime Section continues to investigate the disappearance. Officers have followed up on many leads and conducted dozens of interviews.

There is no evidence to indicate that Barry has been the victim of foul play.

Barry was reported missing to the Prince George RCMP on May 26, after the Fort Ware resident had not been seen in a few days. He came to Prince George with family members to attend his son’s birthday and opted to stay in the city for a few more days.

Fort Ware man Barry Blain Seymour has been missing since May 23.

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…to my wonderful family (I would never have survived without you); my dear friends, my amazing colleagues (including the anonymous ones) and the beautiful community that we call home. I thank you from the bottom of my heart. It truly has been overwhelming and I am blessed to have the support that we have received from everyone. I get very emotional expressing my thanks to everyone so please accept my love and hugs to all of you. Wow, you make our world a better place!!!

Thank you to the attending ER doctor and the emergency air team at the University Hospital of Northern B.C. who knew exactly what to do to get my boy safely to Vancouver.

Thank you to Dr. Mutat (neurologist) and the entire team at Lions Gate Hospital including all the ICU nurses, staff, therapists and everyone involved in the amazing care Vincent received while we started our journey.

Thank you to Dr. Yao and her team of professionals at GF Strong who worked with Vincent’s physical and occupational therapy and opened the doors for his long term recovery.

Thank you to the Prince George Brain Injured Group for welcoming us with open arms…again how blessed we are.

Thank you also, to everyone at the Prince George Free Press for all of their support.

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There was measurable rainfall for 21 out of the 30 days of the month, but the wettest days were the 6th (20.3 mm), the 11th (17.5 mm) and the 16th (25.1 mm), setting a new daily precipitation record for that day.

Total precipitation for the month was 123.1 mm. The wettest June happened in 1993 with a total of 157.3 mm falling.

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Local rancher upset with new gold mine DELYNDA PILON

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Although there is a lot of excitement among many surrounding the New Gold mining venture unfolding about 100 km south of Vanderhoof, at least one resident is frustrated with his new neighbours.

Wayne Daul bought 212.8 acres in the area in 2003, intent on establishing a remote ranch alongside of his wife and daughter. He started out with one old cabin, no running water and no electricity. The family cleared land for hay meadows, fenced pastures, built nine new buildings and added onto the house and now have a modern home powered by generators with battery back-up, running water, the internet, television and phone.

They seeded about 180 acres for hay land and winter feed.

They do their own ranching on their cow/calf operation with their daughter just starting her own herd following graduation.

Now Daul feels like his ranch is becoming less valuable day by day as the mining company digs in, bringing with it a plethora of workers, construction and noise.

“The biggest problem is the devaluation of our property. We have a really nice place, but we couldn’t sell it now with a gold mine in our back yard. We are the closest private property to them. Who would want to buy such a place? This is not a remote ranch anymore, which is what we bought,” he said in an e-mail interview. “We build and grow every year, but it’s hard to work now knowing that your place is worth less everyday with a gold mine growing approximately two miles away. And we have other claims and drilling all around us.”

One major source of frustration for Daul is the lack of communication he’s had with New Gold, and he says when they do communicate, the

information shared is distorted.

Daul said the first hint of trouble came when they noticed a new road being constructed down the road from them. They questioned Forestry about what was going on and were told then that a new mine was going in, and they should have been notified about it already.

“New Gold had told them they had been in contact with all the land owners around the area, but in fact they hadn’t. After complaining that we weren’t notified, two people from the New Gold camp came to see us last fall. They told us how nothing was going to affect us in any way,” said Daul. “How can they say that when the mine is only a couple miles from us? They are on the top of the mountain and we are at the foot of it.

Water is going to flow down into our creek that runs right in front of our house, goes through our property and throughout our range land. Our cattle drink it, we drink it and it’s water for our hayland.”

Besides the possibility of pollutants in the water, Daul is concerned about the wear and tear on local roadways.

“Our main road used to be maintained through the summer and winter very well, and the loggers had respect for it by getting off the road in the spring when the frost went out.

But now the miners had it destroyed for all of us this spring. Ask any logger or maintenance crew from Canfor Lumber.”

Besides being hard on roads, the traffic, says Daul, is playing havoc with his cattle.

“There are so many people out here it’s like trying to farm in town with cows not knowing where to go to get away from people while trying to eat grass and watch their young. They are harassed everyday. We moved here for the peace and quiet and now we have noise and beer cans and trash down the road. Our cattle use to eat along the roads but now they don’t,” he said. “Besides being chased, they

still don’t eat much there because when it’s wet the grass is all mud and when it’s dry it’s all dust. So now we have put them in our hay meadows where we should be making hay for next winter. Instead we will have to buy most or all of it. It’s a constant battle arguing with the miners and their people and very stressful trying to ranch in the middle of construction and mining.”

In the end, Daul said he feels like he’s fighting a losing battle with one small rancher pitted against a big company.

“We have talked to the miners and we are getting nowhere and nobody is helping us at all. We thought we had help through the forestry but what is a little rancher’s opinions worth next to some big mining company with big money behind it?”

What happens next, Daul said, is anybody’s guess, but he’s not willing to give up. He said he’s hoping shedding some light publicly on what is going on will help him to get a few things changed.

Tim Bekhuys, director of environment and sustainability with New Gold, said the company has been in contact with Daul since acquiring the land for the Blackwater gold mine.

“New Gold is committed to ensuring we’re a good neighbour,” he said.

This philosophy doesn’t just take the environment into account, but means talking with those who may be concerned about their operations, especially those near-by.

Daul, Bekhuys said, is between 12 and 15 km from where New Gold is currently doing its exploration.

“We’ve been talking to Wayne since we acquired the property, since June of last year, and had close to a dozen meetings and lots of correspondence with him,” Bekuys said.

He added New Gold is separated from Daul by Mount Davidson, and that the leases within their exploration area are not on Daul’s grazing

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Joshua Toporowski shows off his jester hat at Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park on Sunday. The event included lots of ethnic food booths, entertainment under the bandshell and, of course, chocolate and vanilla Canada Day birthday cake. lease.

As for Daul’s concern about water, Bekhuys said not only does the water from the mine drain north of Daul rather than on his leases, but it is tested regularly.

“What we’ve done since

we took over the property is set up a mining environmental program,” Bekuys said.

This means they test all water quality, and will monitor it through the life of mine and even after it closes.

Woman hoping for safe return of missing dog DELYNDA PILON newsroom@pgfreepress.com

She just wants her dog back.

A local woman stopped by Zoe’s during Friday’s coffee session to talk about her frustration over the loss of her dog, a pet she’s waited a long time to get.

Jenny Gremm said she’s wanted a puppy for about 10 years, but life circumstances and the fact she’s a low income worker stood in the way of her fulfilling her dream. But, finally, she was able to make that dream come true a few months ago.

The puppy, a sweet natured female according to Gremm, was a joy, but being pet owner was not without challenges, especially when the dog came down with parvo.

The hefty vet bill she paid meant the loss of cell service for a while, but Gremm was willing to make the sacrifice for her pet.

The dog was thin but recovering when Gremm left her daughter pet-sitting it one day while she went to work. Somehow the dog got outside the gate and was gone.

Gremm was worried. The phone num-

ber on the dog’s tag rang a phone that hadn’t yet been turned back on. She put up posters and searched the streets for her puppy.

A few days passed and she got a hit on her poster.

The lady who called her asked to remain anonymous because of the habits that plague her life, however she told Gremm she’s spied the puppy in the home of a man purported to be a local dealer.

“I went there, and the place looked really scary,” Gremm said.

So she called the police.

“They wouldn’t let me go to the door at all with them,” she said. “And he denied he had my dog. He wouldn’t let them in.”

At that point it became a matter of his word versus her word. There was nothing the police or Gremm could do.

A few days later Gremm drove by the house. She saw her dog in the window.

Another call brought the police over, and this time he let them in.

They didn’t find her dog which Gremm thinks was whisked out the back door.

“I just want my dog back,” Gremm said.

“I don’t want to cause any trouble.”

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BC Transit president and CEO Manuel Achadinha was at Fort George Park on Friday morning to welcome the Transit Future bus to the city.

“It’s a concept we developed a couple of years ago,” he said.

“We used to have open houses, but it could sometimes be hard or people to get out to them.

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“We are listening to the community,” Achadinha said. “We’re asking exactly what you want to see in the transit system.”

Mayor Shari Green said it was great the bus would be back at Fort George Park on Sunday for Canada Day. “There will be thousands of people here for the celebrations, and this will give them the chance to give their opinions.

“It’s a creative and innovative way to get feedback. The need to know what needs to be done better.”

Green said the transit

system did appear to be seeing more use, but she figures numbers could be even higher.

“I would like to see more students using the system.

Both UNBC and CNC have the U-Pass system now, where they all pay for bus passes, so why not use them?”

City transit superintendent Dave Bradshaw said the Transit Future bus was just one way the city was getting input on the future of the system.

“We’ve had one stakeholders’ meeting already, and we’ll probably have a couple more.”

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He expects some of the requests will be along the normal lines.

“People want to see longer hours of service, and more service on statutory holidays.

A lot of people now work on stats, so they would like to see more buses.”

He says another regular request is for more service to areas like Blackburn and Beaverly.

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Northern Health is making more Connections across the north in 2012.

Regional manager for external business Reina Pharness says they have seen a jump in the number of people using the Connections bus service to travel to and from medical services.

“We’ve seen about a 14 per cent increase this year over last year,” she says. “It’s been pretty consistent from the start of the year, with no real spikes.”

While ridership is up, Pharness says it hasn’t meant any changes to the service, which runs from Prince George to Prince Rupert, Prince George to Valemount and Fort St. John, and Prince George to Vancouver, with a number of smaller routes as well.

“We’re watching it closely, but we haven’t had to increase the number of buses or change any routes.”

Pharness doesn’t have specific figures for where the increased ridership is coming from, but, “I suspect in the northwest, there would be a significant increase.”

She says that could be due to a number of causes.

“Over the past year, we’ve done a lot of promoting of the service in the area, so I think there’s been an increase in awareness.

“We also get good word of mouth from people who use the service and tell their friends how well it works.”

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Kordyban Lodge scheduled for completion in November, Pharness says Connections is talking with the agency.

“We’re working with them to meet the transportation needs of people who will be coming here for both the centre and the lodge.

“We anticipate a small increase in ridership.”

Dave Christie, the regional manager for Diversified Transportation, which operates the Connections buses, says the service has definitely grown.

“In 2006, we had about 6,000 passengers. We’ve more than doubled that now.”

The Connections buses travel more than 1.6 million kilometres a year, serving more than 35 communities in

the Northern Health region.

“We replace the buses every couple of years to keep them efficient. The whole system is designed to keep costs down for everyone.”

Driver Neil Taylor was getting ready Friday morning to make the run to Prince Rupert.

“There’s 11 runs in total, and we rotate through them in a six-week schedule.”

He says after six years with the service, “you recognize clients who make a lot of trips. We also do freight deliveries for Northern Health and the Red Cross between the different communities. There’s a new lab at the hospital in Houston, so we make a lot more deliveries for them now.”

Terri Armstrong was heading out Friday as the driver for the Prince George to Fort St. John run.

“I don’t have any preference for the routes. After two-and-a-half years, I like them all.”

Like Taylor, she recognizes frequent clients.

“You see them riding back and forth, and then you don’t see them. There’s a lot of things that could have happened, but I always hope for the best.”

For more information on Northern Health Connections, visit the Northern Health website at www. northernhealth.ca and follow the link at the bottom of the page, or call 1-888-6474997.

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Vernon L.M. Knott found guilty of three and prohibited from In Provincial Court in was also found guilty Prince George on May 1: of failing to comply was found guilty of counts of theft of prop- possessing firearms for Leo J. Penney was with a condition of an mischief, sentenced to erty with a value less three years.

Eric A. Robertson found guilty of oper- undertaking or recog- 60 days in jail, placed than $5,000, sentenced ating a motor vehicle nizance, sentenced to on probation for 18 to 10 days in jail and was found guilty of while prohibited, sen- 30 days in jail, placed months and ordered placed on probation operating a motor on proba- to make restitution of for 18 months. Knott vehicle while impaired, tenced Free Press tion for one $600. Knott was also was also found guilty fined $1,500, assessed to five year and found guilty of failing of two counts of failing a victim surcharge of months assessed a to comply with a pro- to comply with a con- $225 and prohibited in jail and victim sur- bation order, sentenced dition of an undertak- from driving for one prohibited charge of to 60 days in jail and ing, sentenced to one year. Robertson was from drivplaced on probation day in jail and placed also found guilty of $100. ing for In Provincial Court in for 18 months. Knott on probation for 18 driving while prohibfive years. ited, sentenced to 14 Sandy T. Plante was Prince George on May 2: was also found guilty months.

Desmond R. Morri- days in jail to be served Daniel K. Andrew of assault, sentenced to found guilty of robbery, sentenced to two was found guilty of 30 days in jail, placed son was found guilty intermittently, placed years and one day in two counts of failing to on probation for 18 of two counts of utter- on probation until the jail and received a life- comply with a proba- months and prohib- ing threats, placed expiration of the jail time prohibition on the tion order, fined $200 ited from possess- on probation for 18 sentence and prohibpossession of firearms. and assessed a victim ing firearms for three months, assessed a vic- ited from driving for years. Knott was also tim surcharge of $50 one year.

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Light ‘em up on Canada Day

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nother Canada has come and gone in Prince George without the loud and colourful fireworks display.

It’s too bad.

Many other communities, many of lesser size, manage to stage a fireworks extravaganza. And, in Prince George, it was one of the year’s highlights. When the fireworks were held at Fort George Park the only downside was that it would take an hour to get out of there because so many people would come down to see the display.

A few years ago the fireworks display was moved to Exhibition Park and while traffic was still a bit of a concern, there were many more areas one could park to catch the show.

Everyone loves the fireworks display.

The problem is they are not cheap. Many think the city should foot the bill for the display, which they used to. In these days of tighter budgets, dropping $20,000 or more on a fireworks show is hard to get past the bean-counters.

For a few years the corporate world took to footing the bill.

We here at the Free Press were part of that, organizing the show the last couple of years they were staged. However, even then it took a big effort to raise the amount of money needed from local businesses.

And, to the community’s chagrin, the fireworks show on Canada Day has fallen by the wayside.

We, like the community, would dearly love to see the fireworks display return. The problem is that without an outright financial donation from government, i.e. the city, province, feds, or all three, it’s a big undertaking for any business to take on.

Maybe there is a service organization out there that can look to taking this over? It is certainly a shame that there are no fireworks on Canada Day and there is no doubt in our mind that if the community wants the show returned, it will.

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ould it be the first of many?

Last week the province appointed Surrey School District superintendent Mike McKay as the official trustee for School District 79 (Cowichan Valley).

With the appointment of the official trustee, members of the Cowichan Valley Board of Education cease to hold office. The decision to appoint an official trustee was precipitated by the board’s refusal to submit a balanced budget for the upcoming school year by June 30, as required by the School Act. Replacing school boards with appointed trustees has been a fear of trustees since Christy Clark was education minister in the Gordon Campbell government.

It’s a matter that elected trustees have fought against for more than a decade.

However, since the government has stripped the power of locally-elected boards by not allowing them to set local tax rates and consequently be the scapegoat for provincial cutbacks, the case can easily be made for getting rid of elected boards.

However, going the opposite direction would serve local needs better.

Give local school boards the ability to set budgets and tax rates, then they would be responsible and could be held accountable.

Currently the school board/provinca relationship is like a parent giving a child a quarter, telling them to buy lunch for the entire family, and then chastizing them for being unable to do it.

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Delivering a haymaker

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Ah, the dog days of the monsoon season are Hot-wiring a tractor isn’t like hot-wiring a car here. (not that I could manage that). It’s not Canada Day has come and gone and an easy task, like in the movies, of pullour thoughts turn to enjoying the hot ing some wires out from underneath summer days. OK, it’s a bit of a pipe Writer’s the steering wheel, crossing them, and dream but we can dream, can’t we?

Block then zooming away. It means getting Yes it’s been a bit drizzly and dreary these past few weeks, but I’m Billphillips out a foot-long screwdriver and levering it into place deep inside the bowels of keeping my fingers crossed that this the tractor, all the while shielding your eyes from summer won’t be (can’t be) as bad as last year.

For those minds with the ability to block out trau- the shower of sparks that will surely ensue if you don’t get the connection just right. matic events, it rained just about every day last It was a rainy day in May a few years back summer. when both my brother and I set the land speed That is not an exaggeration. record for carrying five-gallon buckets of water It was a rainy, rainy summer. after one of the sparks landed in some built-up It was extra special for me as my summer holigrease on the tractor. We carry a fire extinguisher days usually entail helping put the hay in on the on the tractor now and, hopefully, with a brandfamily farm. Last year I helped put the mud in. new starter we will simply push the button to get Putting the hay in is always an adventure. it started.

This year we’re set to start haying in a couple of However, failing that … anyone got some good weeks and both tractors are incapacitated, the workhorses for rent? Maybe we could market it as baler is in about a hundred pieces strewn about heritage hay … kind of like beetle-enhanced pine. the yard somewhere, the plow broke last year so Anyway, looking forward to the haying season we couldn’t get any of the gopher holes plowed again this year and the adventures that will ensue under leaving hills of dirt the size of Prince … and there are always some adventures and George potholes in the field, and we’re getting that’s what makes it a lot of fun. Of course, that’s tired of city folks whining about how farmers if you think that whining, er, commenting on the whine all the time. bad luck of a farmer is fun.

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And I missed all the weekend fireworks

ing that lovely smile. It’s What happens when kind of wonderful to see, you take a couple of crazy but I wouldn’t want to be cowboys, add a few firethe first guy who takes her works, then stir in an act out on a date. of chivalry You know both that involves of those boys diving headLife in will be riding first into an the fat shotgun, quite outhouse? lane literally, and A night of camping I DELYNDAPILON both those guns are going to be shouldn’t loaded. have missed, that’s what.

Anyway, the adventures Last weekend I caught a began when Kat dropped dose of responsibility and her sunglasses into the stayed home while the rest outhouse. Now, in days of of our ‘family of the heart’ yore, when a lady dropped headed out to the Durango her glove into the pit of Trail. This led to a Sunday lions who were captured in evening of me listening, a ring, fighting for the pleawith teeth-gnashing jealsure of the king, her knight ousy, to a chorus of laughwould prove his bravery ing ‘you should have been by jumping in among them there’ stories. and retrieving the fair First off, I should tell you lady’s glove. That might about Kat. She’s a 14-yearhave been the definition of old girl who’s just as beauchivalry for the last couple tiful on the inside as she is of hundred years, but that’s gorgeous on the outside. all changed now after Jack You can’t help but love this and Kris decided the right little gal. When she smiles, thing to do was retrieve your whole heart lights up.

Kat’s glasses from the Now, remember how depths of the dreaded – and I told you cowboys love always stinky – outhouse. kids? Jack and Kris love Apparently Jack went all kids, but when it comes in head first, one shoulder to Kat, there is nothing propped on the rim of the they wouldn’t do to make outdoor ‘throne’ while sure she’s always wear-

Kris held him by the belt, a flashlight shoved under Jack’s armpit so he could see into the gloomy grime below. Dangling above the swampy goo of a thousand campers, Jack went fishing with a pair of tongs (didn’t do the job) then a fire poker, eventually retrieving the girl’s specs. He handed them up to Kris who immediately threw up, though fortunately not before reeling Jack in.

Kat (who is my best friend, Darby’s, ward): I said we could just buy new ones.

But she was smiling when she said it, eyes shining with pride and joy as she looked at her two heroes.

I sighed and smiled too – after I got over my laughing fit, thinking about those two guys getting close and personal with the inside of an outhouse. Geez, who knew a story involving a big pile of human – errr – waste, could be so sweet?

Darby (Who I honestly believe might have a true physical malady when it comes to trash, dust or anything less than sterile): I can’t believe they did that.

I really can’t believe they did that.

But they did, life went on and eventually evening came. Imagine the quiet, the breeze in the trees, the water cresting small waves along the rocky beach.

Then imagine Kris deciding it was time to light off the fireworks.

I guess the first few rounds went okay. The sparklers sparkled and popped. Finally it was time to light the big one, the mother of all fireworks.

Kris, being a responsible intelligent man of the world, was trying to read the directions. Kat, being all of 14 and therefore the first person you go to for advice when lighting up some-

thing that explodes, told him to just light the fuse.

Kris (did I mention intelligent man of the world) immediately obeyed.

Everything went fine for a few seconds. Then the mother of all fireworks fell on its side and began spitting flames and sparks at everyone within its vicinity. Jack grabbed Kat and tossed her behind him, taking one on the knee. Kris, blinded by the light, made out OK, doing a fancy soft shoe as he avoided the spinning canister of fun.

Someone in the next campground yelled as a couple of bolts exploded against his truck.

Camper: Hey! My new truck! That better not leave

a scratch!

Jack and Kris (in unison): Don’t worry. We’re good for it.

The pandemonium went on for a few minutes with the boys warning everyone to get down. Finally the canister stopped rotating and laid to rest, completely spent.

But the boys weren’t. The night was young, so they spent it chasing adventures.

And they always seem to find them too. Which is why I will never miss out on a Durango Trail camping trip again.

Responsibility is one thing. But missing out on cowboys, fireworks and outhouse chivalry? That’s plain dumb.

P.G. gas prices are a disgrace

Editor: Having just returned from a visit to the Northwest Territories, I was surprised that the price of regular gas at the pump was less than the price of the same commodity in Prince George.

It was $1.31.9/litre at Hay River. I notice that the Prince George price has dropped a cent and is now the same. It was even cheaper at High Level in northern Alberta. The cost there was $1.15.9/ litre, while in other parts close to the B.C.

border it was $1.19.9/litre.

If Hay River can afford to keep the price the same as Prince George, which is much closer to a refinery, then we are being charged far too much, especially when High Level is 16 cents per litre cheaper.

I suggest a vacation in Alberta and the Northwest Territories would be a cheaper place to spend a holiday.

Julia Serup Prince George

amount of time. (By the way, I picked up the medication on a Thursday. That weekend, it went on sale at the same pharmacy.

Typical of my luck.)

So I went back to the pharmacy, and explained what I needed. The pharmacist prescribed another over-the-counter medication. I bought some, and got a couple of decent nights’ sleep.

I figured the trouble was over, so I did as he suggested and stopped taking it, so I wouldn’t become dependent on it for sleep.

That night, I woke up at 1:30 a.m. and couldn’t get back to sleep. So the next night, I took the medication again.

This time it didn’t help.

So now I bit the bullet (as it were) and went to my doctor. He prescribed a medication. The first couple of nights I took it, I woke up at about 1:30 or 2 in the morning, but was able to get back to sleep fairly quickly.

Then I started waking up early and not being able to get back to sleep. And now I’m finding it harder to get to sleep to start with.

A friend of mine said it sounded like it might be stress-related, but I’m not feeling any more stress than normal, so I don’t know what the problem is.

All I know is that if I can just get two or three decent nights in, I’ll be back on my regular pattern.

It’s getting so bad, I can’t even fall asleep at work The next morning, I woke p again at 2:28 Sleepless in Seattle was a great movie. a.m., but this time I just woke up. There Sleepless in Prince George is not such a was no cramp, no loud noise, nothing. great real-life experience.

The next night, I woke up at 1:30 a.m.

Actually, I shouldn’t say “sleepless” And the next night. because I’m pretty sure I’m Then I got a good night’s getting a couple of hours of sleep. Then I had two more bad sleep a night.

Allan’s ones.

The problem is sometimes Amblings So I went to the pharmacy, that’s all I’m getting, and I have absolutely no sleep patALLANWISHART because I don’t like doing prescription meds unless absolutely tern, which is the big problem.

It started about a month ago, when I was necessary. The pharmacist suggested an over-the-counter medication to help me get awakened at 2:28 a.m. by a sudden cramp just below the knee on the back of my right to sleep.

I tired it for a few nights, and realized leg. The cramp subsided quite quickly, and my problem wasn’t so much getting to there was sort of a dull ache for a while, sleep as it was staying asleep for a decent but I was good and awake at that point.

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Sometimes you might think whatever story you have in mind isn’t worth a phone call or visit to the newspaper’s office, but is it worth a cup of coffee?

Reporter DeLynda Pilon would like the chance to hear what you have to say so every Friday at 11 a.m. she will be having a coffee break at Zoe’s Java House at 1251 Fourth Ave., and is hoping you will drop by to chat. Or just stop in and introduce yourself.

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Canada Day celebrations at Fort George Park on Sunday bring out the Canadian flags but one carried by this gentleman topped the rest in size and got lots of double takes.

Canada’s 145th birthday celebrations were enjoyed by huge crowds Sunday at Fort George Park.

Many people, young and old, wore something red or carried Canadian flags to mark the occasion. The event was officially opened at noon under sunny skies starting with the national anthem sung by Renee Trepanier followed by Lheidli T’enneh children sang songs in the Carrier language.

Several dignitaries including Prince George Mayor Shari Green, Peace River MP Bob Zimmer, councillor Dominic Frederick and local MLAs Shirley Bond and Pat Bell offered their well wishes.

Ray Noonan, vice president of the Prince George Community Foundation introduced this year’s nominees for Citizen of the Year. Zimmer presented Diamond Jubilee Medals to deserving recipients.

Then it was time for cake.

Several ethnic concessions offered lots of food and drink choices. Entertainment under the Rotary Bandshell featured acts such as Ivan Pacquette, Zahirah Middle Eastern Belly Dancers, Chong, Thai Fire Spinning, African Heritage Society Dancers, South Pacific Dancers, Bollywood Dream Dancers, Rainbow Dancers and many more. Happy Birthday Canada!

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Let them eat cake...and they did. Tamara Toporowski bites into a piece of birthday cake and Canada Day celebrations Sunday at Fort George Park.

A dancer from Lorna Carbutt’s School of Dance performs in one of nine Scottish dance routines Sunday.

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Northwind performs for the Canada Day crowd at Fort George Park on Sunday.

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The Canada Day celebrations crowd may have been huge, but it is easy to spot Michael Styler in his enormous red hat.

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Community Alert Lisa Mueller, relationship consultant with HizHerClub.com, checks out the website Monday.

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Dating for an exclusive group

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What the world needs now is love, sweet love.

And if matchmaker Lisa Mueller does her job, love connections in Prince George will come along sooner than later.

Her dating service, HizHerClub Ltd. opened in March 2011 with a downtown office located on Fourth Avenue.

Mueller refers to her business as an “exclusive dating club� aimed at helping professionals and business people find a good match. “Before I got into this, I heard stories from people about talking to their ‘match’ online for ages before finally meeting – and finding out the person ‘forgot’ to say the picture they posted was from high school or that they’d gained 200 pounds. “I personally interview every single club member, so what you see (online) is what you get. There’s no big surprises.�

She’s put a new twist on popular online dating by combining what she thinks are the best ways to find the right person.

Her business has a gold and diamond level membership. “With our gold membership you can go online and make your own connection with the person of your choice, which can lead to a date if you wish. With the diamond membership, I do the work for you. “I look for a club member that I think is a good match and then arrange a date.�

Her background as a paramedic and banking consultant gave Mueller ‘tools’ to work on love connections.

“My five-year plan “I love being around ple, many in their late 30s, people. I have a passion for who have been “caught up� includes going into Dawson helping them, and also an in their careers and not had Creek and Fort St. John.�

Mueller and her staff also intuitive ability to connect up time or opportunity to look arrange monthly ‘minglers’ for mates. individuals.

Mueller also helps support or social events. “I look at my role in “I set up RSVP events for HizHerClub as relationship clients with profile building. “I’ll help members present my clients with local busiconsultant and mentor to my themselves in the best light nesses. We send out invimembers.�

While there’s lots of online and make suggestions on tations to about 20 people. and other dating services and things like their photo and These are fun events, mixers sites, Mueller found there description of themselves – there’s mingling but there’s was really nothing for people because first impressions are no pressure to make a connection.� so important.� in the North.

On a recent outing, the When people first sign on, “I moved here from Terrace last year where I worked they are asked for basic infor- group spent the afternoon mation like name and age. shopping at a retail clothing as a part-time paramedic.�

Her involvement with Then they come in for a per- store, wine and chocolate tasting, then going out for Rotary was key in her deci- sonal interview.

New members answer dinner at a local restaurant. sion to start up her own busi“As a Rotarian, I like to questions online about their ness, she said. “I’ve been with Rotary interests, hobbies etc so other support other businesses. But Club for six years, I’m with members will have an idea these events are great for our members too because it gives Nechako Rotary here – and what they’re all about.

Mueller hopes to expand them a chance to meet new so I’m connected with a lot of her business to Quesnel, Wil- people.� business people.�

For more information Mueller hopes to help local liams Lake (she already has www.HizHerClub. people avoid the pitfalls of clients there), Terrace and visit com. falling online for someone Smithers. who actually FULL SKATE CANADA PROGRAMS WITH NATIONALLY CERTIFIED COACHES doesn’t exist or is not who they say they are. “I help make it real. The person you see on our site is the person you will meet. And if the photo they post is out of date (or in bad taste) it will be taken down. “This is a small community and Summer Skating Camps: people often +VMZ t 1. +VMZ t 1. like to date in private. I’m like the middle person.�

Her clientele For more information contact: includes proEric Henderson fessionals and Phone: 250-563-0778 business peoEmail: eric.henderson@live.ca

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C Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s aassistance in locating the following pperson who is wanted on a British Columbia wide warrant. As of 0915 C hrs h this 3rd day of July 2012, Robert Oliver O NELSON (B: 1974-11-20) is wanted w on a British Columbia wide warrant w for FAIL TO COMPLY. NELSON is described as a First Nations male, 175 cm or 5’9� tall and weighs 84 kg or 186 lbs. NELSON has brown hair and blue eyes. NELSON should be considered violent.

WA N T E D Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following person who is wanted on a British Columbia wide warrant. As of 0915 hrs this 3rd day of July 2012, Daymond Michael RYDER (B: 1974-10-14) is wanted on a British Columbia wide warrant for THEFT UNDER $5000.

Daymond Michael RYDER is described as a Caucasian RYDER male, 175 cm or 5’9� tall and weighs 175 cm or 5’9� 83 kg or 183 lbs. RYDER has blonde 83 kg or 183 lbs. hair and blue eyes. RYDER should be considered violent.

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Rocky James WHITFORD 170 cm or 5’7�

59 kg or 130 lbs.

Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following person who is wanted on a British Columbia wide warrant. As of 0915 hrs this 3rd day of July 2012, Rocky James WHITFORD (B: 1983-10-09) is wanted on a British Columbia wide warrant for POSSESS CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE. WHITFORD is described as a First Nations male , 170 cm or 5’7� tall and weighs 59 kg or 130 lbs.

WHITFORD has black hair and brown eyes. WHITFORD should be considered violent.

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Martin knows what the media wants

She had me long before she offered me a cookie.

When you’re a reporter you meet a lot of famous people. Rock stars, top athletes, premiers and ballerinas. You hobnob with big names in the media. I once stood onstage rubbing shoulders – literally – with Keith Morrison and Jack Tea Webster.

I played it pretty with cool.

Teresa But when Pamela Martin walked over and shook my TERESAMALLAM hand last Monday, I melted like an ice cream sundae in the mid day sun. The former CTV news anchor (she and Bill Good left after 10 successful years in the Vancouver office) would not want to be called an idol. It’s a cliche, a lofty term – and she’s way too down to earth for that. Indeed, her reasons given for leaving the anchor post were to pursue her fundraising endeavours and have more time for community.

“I brought you a cookie,” she said, smiling. Martin is now Director of Outreach with the Office of the Premier. In that capacity, she was in Prince George last week to listen to the concerns of seniors so they could have a voice in the shaping of the new Seniors’ Advocate office.

The afternoon hearings were closed to media, but Martin agreed to an interview with the Free Press during the break. It’s hard to take notes – or hold a camera to take pictures – when your hand is shaky but Martin did her best to “pose naturally” and smile through several takes.

Pamela Martin is radiant. She has a captivating smile, engaging personality and a lovely laugh. And yes, at 59, she looks decades younger and is even more stunning in person than on camera. But the big thing is she’s very interesting and very smart and when she speaks, you want to capture every word.

Just like on the evening news.

When I got back to the office and downloaded my pics, the boss saw them on the “bridge” and from his office, there was this strange reaction – like the birthday boy who missed blowing out one of his candles. Big disappointment.

“Pamela Martin was there (at the PG Civic Centre)? Geez, If I’d known that, I would have gone over ....” Well, yes, editors have been known to scoop stories from their reporters before but this was not one of those times.

“I remember when she first came to Vancouver in the 70s, she was this beautiful young hippie type,” the editor continued. Sigh.

Yes, Mr. Editor, and I will remember meeting her in person, in Prince George of all places.

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A Taste of India left the Rotary Clubs of Prince George with a full feeling.

Yellowhead Rotary Club president Albert Koehler presented a cheque for $15,000 to the Canadian Cancer Society on Friday, bringing the total donations from Rotary clubs in the region over $100,000 – the goal they had set for the cancer lodge, and the amount which gained them the right to have the wig and hair salon in the new lodge named for the Rotary,.

“We donated $25,000 last year as a club,” Koehler said, “and we’re very pleased to be able to donate this $15,000.

“This money came from our fundraiser, a Taste of India. Some of the money raised is in this donation, and

Les Waldie, left, of the Canadian Cancer Society accepts a cheque for $15,000 from Yellowhead Rotary Club president Albert Koehler outside the site of the Kordyban Lodge.

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some of it goes to a facility in India which we support.”

Society general manager Margaret JonesBricker said construction of the lodge, located on Alward Street, is on schedule.

“We’re still looking at completion at the end of October,” she said at the donation. “We will be doing commission work the first two

weeks of November, and we get the keys on Nov. 16.”

She added the lodge team is staying in touch with the team working on the BC Cancer Agency for the North Cancer Centre.

“We are still looking at opening the same time as they do.

Right now, I believe, they’re looking at early November.”

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P.G. Pride 2012 starts today Join in the fun, the festivities, the costumes and the colours of the Prince George Pride 2012 takes place July 4 to 8.

The first local Gay Parade and Festival was in 1997 and the event has grown larger every year.

“Our annual Pride Week Celebrations are done through a collaboration of the work and efforts with all LGBT community organizations, allied organizations and businesses to bring people from across northern British Columbia to celebrate the unique spirit and culture that is pride Prince George,” said Valentine Crawford, president of Pride Prince George, in a news release.

Today (July 4) Pride Week kicks off with a night of five-pin cosmic bowling at Black Diamond Lanes from 6 to 10 p.m. Drag Queen Bingo runs Thursday, July 5 from 6:30 to 10 p.m., then the annual live comedy drag show returns to Prince George for Part Three of How Rude on Friday, July 6 at the Ramada Hotel. Kings and Queens will perform some of their most funny and provocative numbers to ever hit the stage.

Show time is 7 to 10:30 p.m.

Most colourful of all, the Pride Parade runs Saturday, July 7 from 11:30 a.m. in downtown Prince George. This 16th annual signature event

draws huge crowds as it proceeds from the steps of City Hall around the downtown core and back to City Hall. The Pride Festival continues at 12:30 p.m. with live music, entertainment and activities for the entire family. Then from 8 p.m. to 1:30 a.m. at the Prince George Civic Centre there is a Pride Party with music, food, fun and prizes.

Meet people from across the North.

On Sunday, July 10 starting at 11:30 a.m. there will be a Pride Brunch at the Ramada Hotel featuring a guest speaker and special award presentation.

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Prince George’s climate doesn’t allow for a long trailrunning season.

But that hasn’t slowed down athletes from the region. North-central B.C. is full of trails twisting through forests in mountainous landscapes, and long-distance runners have used their own backyard to train for some of the most challenging endurance events in the world.

One of those races is this weekend’s Sinister 7 in the Crowsnest Pass, a 148-kilometre course which leads its participants through some of the most rugged, remote and scenic terrain in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains.

Nicole Rishaug, Cindy Hartford and Robyn Kaplan are joining forces to enter the team category. They’re known as the Go Go Girls, a trio intent on placing top 10 in the team category.

The goal may seem lofty to recreational runners. But these women aren’t casual joggers. They’ve entered the event the past few years, so they know what it’s all about.

“But the competition gets harder every year because it gets more popular,” Rishaug says. “I think we’ll do OK this year.”

The experience the Prince George residents have gained in trail endurance events doesn’t end with the Sinister 7. They’re also past participants of the 125 km Canadian Death Race in Grande Cache, Alta. They’ll return to Grande Cache this year

to compete as a foursome rounded out by Jen Thibault, a former Prince George resident who recently moved to Kamloops.

This year’s Death Race takes place on Aug. 4 and 5.

The Sinister 7 route is split into seven stages ranging between 12 and 35 kilometres. There’s a total elevation gain of 5,320 metres and loss of 5,350 metres. Soloists and teams are allowed a maximum of 27 hours to complete the course.

The start time is scheduled for Saturday at 6 a.m. (7 a.m.

Mountain).

Rishaug will run the first, fifth and seventh legs. Hartford is running the third and sixth legs, while Robyn is taking on the second and fourth legs Organizers grade each stage on difficulty. Leg 3, known as Willoughby Ridge, is ranked the hardest. The longest distance with the most elevation gain of any of the stages, Willoughby Ridge is a 35 km leg taking runners up 1,327 metres to offer stunning views of the mountains atop the Continental Divide.

But the route is only one aspect. Runners know that how they feel and weather conditions play roles in the difficulty of a leg.

“Even easy legs, at 12 o’clock at night when you’re running 13 k, it’s tough,” Rishaug says.

The distance won’t be as long for each member of the Crazy Soles team. With seven participants, each runner on the squad will take on a leg. The team includes Prince George runners Sue

MacDonald, Lisa Neukomm and Amy Hauk.

MacDonald, Neukomm and Hawk also participated in last year’s Sinister 7, forming part of a squad which finished third in the women’s open division. They hope to finish at least that high again this weekend. “(Until the day comes) you never know what the competition is like, or the conditions or just how you’re going to feel that day,” MacDonald says.

Beva Kirk, Cheryl Moors, Aimee Bachand and Lynn Hodgson round out the Crazy Soles. The team is competing under the name of Kirk’s running/yoga store in Invermere.

Also representing Prince George in the Sinister 7 is the Running Dead. The sixmember mixed squad is made up of Daniel Dubrule, Kelly Baker, Luke Veeken, Brittany Ringdahl, Tyler Ringdahl and Alyssa Cole.

Although registered as a team from Coquitlam, the Glacial Erratics also have Prince George participants.

The team includes Karen Mackay, Nancy Piilon, Carol Reimer, Darcy Rihtamo and Laura Blonski.

Prince George residents Reid Roberts, Jeff Hunter and Adrian Smith have registered under the male solo category. The event’s website has 166 soloist and 205 team positions listed under registration, with participants entering from throughout Western Canada.

For more information on the Sinister 7, visit www.sinister7.com.

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A portion of the Prince George runners competing in this weekend’s Sinister 7 in the Crowsnest Pass are, clockwise from back left: Nicole Rishaug, Robyn Kaplan, Lisa Neukomm, Amy Hauk, Sue MacDonald and Cindy Hartford. Rishaug, Kaplan and Hartford are representing the Go Go Girls team. Neukomm, Hauk and MacDonald form a portion of the seven-person Crazy Soles squad.

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For the majority of the IDL Midget Knights, the end of the road in minor baseball comes at the end of the month.

They’d prefer to graduate as provincial champions, and know this season may represent the best opportunity the team has had in years to capture the title.

If the Knights reach their goal and emerge B.C. champions, they’ll capture

the banner in their own backyard. The team is playing host to the BC Minor Baseball Association Midget AA provincial championships from July 26 to 30 at Citizen Field.

“We got depth on defence, we got depth in the batting lineup and we’re definitely a solid core group. There’s very little weaknesses anywhere,” Knights manager Tim Knoop says. “We got pitching, we got hitting, we can hit the long ball, we can play the short game, with steal-

ing, so a pretty dynamic team.”

While you can’t downplay the significance of home field, the experience may be the Knights’ biggest asset. Eleven of the 15 players on the Knights roster were members of last year’s squad, and most of them are 1994-born products who also suited up two years ago.

They carry a lineup of players who, despite their remote location, have seen a lot of high calibre baseball the past few years. They entered the last two B.C.

championship midget AA tournaments, losing in the final last year and semifinals in 2010.

This isn’t even their first time hosting the competition. The 2010 tournament was also in Prince George.

“Most of these kids have played together since they were nine, so they’ve been together a long time,” Knights coach Todd Patterson says. turn to PAGE A13

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In the 2011 midget AA provincials in Mission, the Knights’ only defeat in six games

came in the championship game, a 10-2 setback against the Vancouver Mounties.

Although they finished second best, they were named Team of the

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IDL Midget Knights infielder Jordan Patterson takes a swing at a pitch against the Barry Yip RE/MAX Shooters Gladiators during Prince George Senior Baseball League action last week at Citizen Field.

Year by the BC Minor Baseball Association.

“We were pretty favoured to win last year,” Patterson says.

Last year’s 15-player lineup had only three graduating 1993-born products, seven sophomore players and five 1995-born rookies.

Ten teams will compete in this month’s provincial tournament.

Patterson notes that the Knights will be among the favourites, as well as Vancouver, Ridge Meadows and Abbotsford.

Just like past seasons, the Knights continue to compete against men in the Prince George Senior Baseball League. They sit third in the five-team league with an 8-7 record.

The team is coming off a competition in Kamloops on the Canada Day long weekend, and is registered for the Valley of Champions Baseball Tournament in Kelowna from July 13 to 15, entering the eight-team midget AA division. But hosting provincials will be extra special.

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says. “That’s the thing is that to play in a park like Citizen is a pretty nice way to finish off minor baseball for a lot of these guys.”

PEEWEE The Prince George AA Peewee Lomak Knights finished tied for third in the Sussex Insurance All-Star Tournament in Kamloops on the weekend.

The Knights lost to the eventual tournament champions, the AAA Vancouver minor baseball squad, by an 8-2 score. Vancouver

defeated Kelowna 14-4 in the final. Kelowna eliminated host Kamloops in the other semifinal.

The Knights carried a 2-1 round robin record into the playoff round. They blanked the Sherwood Park (Alberta) Athletics 11-0, edged the Vernon Canadians 6-5 and lost 5-4 to Kamloops.

Just like the Midget AA Knights, the Lomak team will compete in Kelowna from July 13 to 15, one of 10 squads in the peewee AA division.

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When the Queensway Auto World Red Sox play the IDL Midget Knights at 6:30 p.m. at Citizen Field, it’ll mark the first league game in the league in a week, as the PGSBL took an extended mid-season break for Canada Day. The league resumes on Friday night with a Citizen Field doubleheader. After the District Clothing/TQ Titans meet the Inland Control Services Tigers at 6:30 p.m., the Red Sox and Barry Yip RE/MAX Shooters Gladiators will hit the diamond in a 9 p.m. contest.

The Titans lead the five-team standings with an 11-4 record, one and a half games ahead of the second-

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Barry Yip RE/MAX Shooters Gladiators first baseman Devon O’Brien applies the tag on Reg Barry of the IDL Midget Knights during a Prince George Senior Baseball League game on June 27 at Citizen Field. Barry was called out on the play, a pick-off attempt. But the Knights had the last laugh in an 8-7 extra inning victory. place Red Sox (10-6).

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berJax when they meet in a Prince George Senior Lacrosse Association playoff game this evening (8 p.m. at the Coliseum).

The Bandits and LumberJax are scheduled to meet in Game 3 of their best-of-five semifinal series. The

Bandits carry a 2-0 series lead, with victories on June 26 at the Coliseum and June 28 in Mackenzie.

If the Bandits defeat Mackenzie, they’ll meet the winner of the league’s other best-of-five semifinal between the College

Heights Pub Assault and Twisted Cork/ Regional Security Stylers. The Assault had a 2-0 series lead with an opportunity to close out that set on Tuesday night at the Coliseum. The score of that game was unavailable at press time.

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West proves best in Week 1

successfully defended its 2008 title Former Winnipeg Blue Bombers by winning the 2012 Euro Cup receiver Milt Stegall posted this championship on Sunday, blanking on Twitter on Monday: The teams the Italians 4-0. in the east may be down after the Those triumphs weren’t even the weekend, but look on the bright most significant, as Spain captured side, you’re still tied for first :) the 2010 World Cup. Although The Canadian Football League South American powerhouses Braopened its 2012 regular season zil and Argentina don’t compete in schedule on the weekend. Not the Euro Cup, people only did the West Divimay now be calling sion teams win, by ULL Spain the top soccer they won by a sizeable country in the world. margin.

OURT Looking at some Of the four opening figures from the weekend contests, the RESS only game to go down ALISTAIR MCINNIS World Cup, it’s hard not to call Spain the to the wire was Saturbest team in the tournament. They day’s contest between the Edmonfinished the competition undeton Eskimos and Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a 19-15 Eskimos triumph. feated in six games.

The Euro Cup runner-up was In short, the West Division teams outscored the East Division squads only team to score on Spain in the tournament, and only squad not to 133-57. The rest of the action saw lose to the champions in the comthe BC Lions defeat the Winnipeg petition, as the teams played to a Blue Bombers 33-16, the Saskatch1-1 draw in Group C action way ewan Roughriders outscore the back on June 10. In three round Hamilton Tiger Cats 43-16 and the robin contests, Spain had two wins Calgary Stampeders hammer the and a tie, outscoring the opposiMontreal Alouettes 38-10. tion 6-1 (note: four of those goals Obviously, one week doesn’t make a season and it’s ridiculously came in a 4-0 whitewash over lastplace and winless Ireland on June early to say the balance of power 14). is in the West. Also, it’s worth notWhile there’s no arguing they ing that the Lions, Eskimos and were the best team in the tournaStampeders all played at home in ment, Spain was certainly tested.

Week 1.

They only defeated Croatia by a While each of the West teams sit goal, 1-0, in the group stage and at 1-0, they won’t all be 2-0 after needed penalty kicks to defeat PorWeek 2 action ends on Sunday.

Three of them could be, but there’s tugal in the semifinals.

The teams were tied 0-0 after a head-to-head meeting between regulation, and the Spanish outWest rivals, as Saskatchewan hosts scored the Portuguese 4-2 in penEdmonton on Sunday. alty kicks.

The rest of the weekend schedSpain’s other win came in a 2-0 ule has Montreal hosting Winnitriumph over France in a quarterfipeg on Friday, Hamilton at BC on nal on June 23.

Friday and Calgary in Toronto on Saturday.

On another CFL subject, Stegall STILL A DEVIL is no longer the CFL’s all-time One has to admire Martin Broreceiving yards leader. In front of a deur’s commitment to New Jersey, home crowd at BC Place Stadium even though he opted to test the on Friday evening, Lions receiver free agent market.

Geroy Simon topped the mark His decision to test the market during the Lions’ victory over the made for some fun water cooler Blue Bombers. Simon was 66 yards gossip, as some fans entertained short of Stegall’s 15,153-yard mark the thought of him playing in a when the game started. Now he’s different uniform. But with Marty, at 15,192 yards and counting. there was always the feeling he’d Stegall was at BC Place Stadium stay a Devil. to see Simon set the mark, and He’s been with the organization congratulated him on the accomhis entire career and has enjoyed a plishment. It was part of a memoton of success there (Stanley Cup rable weekend for for West Divititles in 1995, 2000 and 2003). sion teams as the Eskimos spoiled Brodeur also showed that, even Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray’s return to the city in which he at 40 years old, he can compete at the highest level. He was in goal played for nine seasons, the Stamfor the Devils’ playoff run this peders hammered Montreal on Canada Day, and the Roughriders picked up a decisive win in Hamilton on Friday in the first game of the CFL season.

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Local biathlete Matt Neumann receives a cheque for $4,673.39 from Ramada sales and marketing executive Keriann Harlow. The money was raised through a dinner, dance and auction held by the hotel, as well as by donations from staff for Casual Fridays. Neumann, this year’s Hometown Hero, says even though summer is the offseason for biathlon, he will still be putting in about 500 hours of training, mostly on a bike. year, helping the squad reach the Cup final before falling four games to two against the Los Angeles Kings.

While Brodeur isn’t the only player to play with the same NHL organization his whole career, the success the team has had with him sets him apart.

The Northern Interior Communities Association will be providing participants with an overview of the grant process. Community Gaming Grants are administered by the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch, governed by the Province of BC. These grants are available to non-profit organizations providing programs or services of direct benefit to the broader community.

New applicants are welcome.

To RSVP please contact Rhonda Dickson at 250-562-2553 or email coordinator@northernica.org

NOTICE OF POWER INTERRUPTION HIXON AND SURROUNDING AREA Time: 8:00 a.m. to noon When: Saturday, July 7, 2012 We will be making electrical system improvements in the Hixon area on July 7th, 2012. To ensure the safety of our work crews, it will be necessary to interrupt electrical service for approximately 4 hours, from 8:00 a.m. to noon. The area affected is from Hixon to Strathnaver.

To prepare for this interruption and protect your equipment from damage, please unplug all electronics, such as TVs, PVRs, DVD players and computers. Please also turn off all lights, electric heaters and major appliances, such as your clothes or dishwasher, dryer or oven.

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An Alberta Construction Company is hiring dozer, excavator and labour/rock truck operators. Preference will be given to operators that are experienced in oilfield road and lease construction. Lodging and meals provided. The work is in the vicinity of Edson, Alberta. Alcohol & Drug testing required. Call Contour Construction at 780-723-5051.

Hotel, Restaurant, Food Services CICC is now hiring for kitchen helpers in remote site logging and mining camps. All applicants must be bondable, able to pass a drug test and have food safe, level one first aid, WHMIS certification. $10.50 per hour. Please fax resumes to 250-563-5363 or email to natalie@cicamps.com MOTEL Manager Prince Motel is currently looking for a hardworking, self motivated and experienced individual to fill the position of a Motel Manager. If interested please email your resume to park2000kw@hotmail.com or Phone at 778-822-0101 Prince George Pizza Hut Restaurant requires full time Food Counter Attendants, $10.50/hour, Food and Beverage Servers, $ 10.50/hour and pizza cooks $13.00/hour.

All jobs are 40hrs/week. Mail resumes at Suite 208, 715 Victoria Street Prince George, BC V2L 2K5 or fax 250-561-2549

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Please forward resumes in person to 884 Front St. Quesnel, BC Ph: 250-992-9807 or fax 250-992-9012 or email canwest@quesnelbc.com CABLE PLOW and Drill Operator. Well-established company provides underground telecommunication installations throughout Alberta. Experience required. Accommodation and meal per diem provided. Email resume; catearmstrong@ grahamsbackhoe.com Civil Engineering Technologist II District of Kitimat, full time permanent - wage $36.11 $43.69, over 2 years. Civil Technologist diploma required.

Reporting to the Technical Services Manager, duties include a variety of infrastructure investigations, surveying, design, contract preparation, inspection and material testing on projects related to the municipality’s water, sewer, drainage and transportation systems. Candidates should be proficient in using electronic survey equipment, computer assisted design using AutoCad 3D, and MS Office. Valid BC driver’s licence required.

Submit resumes by July 25, 2012, 4:30pm, to Personnel, District of Kitimat, 270 City Centre, Kitimat, BC, V8C 2H7, Fax: (250) 632-4995, or email dok@kitimat.ca HIRING ironworkers and welders immediately. Please email resume to: snoel@tru-steel.ca

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Apt/Condo for Rent

Apt/Condo for Rent

Misc for Rent

Pine Glen Apartments 255 N. Ospika (Rental Office) Spacious clean 2 & 3 bdrm 1 1/2 bath Heat, Hot water & Parking incl.

Laundry & Play ground on Site.

Ask about our new rates Bus route to all amenities 250-561-1823

Furnished room for rent, reasonbaly priced. Single working lady only. N/S N/P 250-9625129

Pine Grove Apts

Property Management

Pruning, rubbish removal, power rake, & yard clean up.

Landscaping, mowing. PG Yard Service (250)552-2122

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Personal Care

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Handypersons Handyman from Newfoundland All jobs big & small, I’se the b’ye to do it all. Carpentry & plumbing etc. W.E.T.T. Certified. Call Jim 250.562.8203 / 250.613.5478

Home Improvements Bath & Kitchen Specialist

We bring creative design ideas to the table, as we work closely with you to achieve the perfect remodel. No job too big and none certainly, too small. Call Tom today for free estimate.

250-961-0439 G Gilbert Renovation Year round reno needs. Int/ext, nothing too small. 30 yrs exp.

Free estimates! Call Gaetan (250) 560-5845 or 552-7184

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For all your home reno needs.

We also help you renovate your rental units. References available. For free estimates call 250-964-6106 Ivan at 250-552-8106 or Roger 250-552-0471

Landscaping Mini hoe for hire, good rates 250-962-7811 250-613-8760

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Roofing & Skylights Norm’s Roofing

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WCB & Liability Insured Free Estimates (250)961-4500

Pets & Livestock Equestrian HORSE FOR SALE 19 year old sorrel gelding, well trained, not a beginners horse. Used for penning at one time. $2500 obo. (250) 695-6972

Midtowne

• 1 & 2 bedroom apartments available • Close to hospital & downtown • Rent includes heat, hot water • Elevator to undercover parking • Fridge, stove, quality carpets, drapes • Laundry on each floor • No pets

To Rent Call:

Phone 250-563-2221

250-561-1447 GATEWAY MANOR 2080 20th Ave. Clean, quiet bldg with security entrance. No pets, spacious 1 & 2 bdrm suites . Resident mgr 250-5619397.

Bach $500, 1 bdr. $570, 2 bdr. $650; heat, h/w incl., 1601 Queensway; 250-596-4275 250-612-7199 Briarwood Apts.

1330/80 Foothills Blvd. 1 & 2 Bdrm suites 250-561-1571

Merchandise for Sale

HARDWOOD MANOR APTS Under New Management!

$100 & Under

1 & 2 bdrm suites Heat & Hot water included.

CD’s, DVD’s & LP’s $5 ea or 5 for $20. 2nd Thoughts Buy & Sell 1412 2nd Ave (250)5962214 Lazyboy recliner. Good cond $50 (250)563-5873 Spa @ Home. Poor circulation inflammation, skin conditions.

Natural/Herbal. All ages. Sat & Sun only 1156 4th Ave

$200 & Under Driest fire wood in & delivered $180 (250)562-7111 Firewood for sale, delivered. $175 per 250-613-8760 or 7811.

town! Split real cord cut split & large cord.

250-962-

$400 & Under 6’ L hide a bed sofa, almost new, fabric goes with everything. $400 (250)563-7117

Garage Sales MOVING SALE: household items, furniture, Stampin’ Up! sets, toys, books & more! ALL MUST GO!!! 8:00-12:00 Sat. June 30 - 2693 Bernard Road

Misc. for Sale For Sale Denim sofa c/w matching plaid pillows and ottoman, $200.

1 baby gate, $15.

2 wooden folding chairs $10 5’x8’ area carpet olive green with design $25.

250-562-3747 FOR THE HOME BREWER Wine making equipment.

Incl. 2 primary buckets, 4 carboy’s, hoses, syphon’s, thermometers, floor corker (some corks) electric bottle filler plus lots more. Must be sold as a complete set $375 250-562-3747

Clean bach, 1 & 2 bdrm apts Student & other incentives No Dogs

1575 Queesway 250-596-9484

HILLSBOROUGH Apts 3820 - 15th Ave

Under New Management Spacious 3 bdrm apts Clean, quiet, secure entrance.

Students Welcome. Rental Incentives. No Dogs

Phone 250-596-4555

JUBILEE Apt’s 1 bedroom Adult orientated, close to downtown & bus route. N/S, N/P. Parking.

Call: (250) 562-7172

SUMMIT APTS

2666 Upland Street 1 & 2 bedroom apts. Rent includes: hydro, heat, hot water, appliances, drapes and parking. Quiet, no pets

250-564-3162

VENICE PLACE APTS 1438 Queensway Bachelor, 1 & 2 bdrm Suites Balcony, Elevator, Underground parking. Heat included Call (250)561-1446

Commercial/ Industrial

Majestic Management (1981) Ltd. CE • OFFI ERCIAL M • COM IL A • RET Space available for rent For all your rental needs Call 562-8343 or 562-RENT

Park Village Apartments 125 N Ospika Blvd 2 & 3 bdrm suites Phone 250-612-5162

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Help Wanted

Help Wanted Schaffer Residence at The Hart 7780 Hart Highway Prince George BC 250-962-9840

Part-time/Casual Licensed Practical Nurse Qualifications: Licensed Practical Nurse Pease forward Resumes to: The Manager of Schaffer Residence at manager@schafferresidences.com www.schafferresidences.com

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Suites, Lower 2 bdrm bsmt suites for rent.

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Homes for Rent 3 bd up 2 bd down, 2 baths, w/d,f/s Brock Drive, College Heights close to school and bus.Fenced yard $1000 per mon. 250-617-0945

RESIDENT MANAGER NEEDED

for large apartment building in Prince George. Ideal position for responsible couple. Bookkeeping, sales and maintenance skills an asset. Send resumes with references to: Majestic Management (1981) Ltd., #800-299 Victoria St., Prince George, BC, V2L 5B8

Shared Accommodation Are you a female student coming to Prince George for school? Quiet, friendly home to share with single woman.

On bus route, Internet included, own bedroom, share rest of house, $550. Can be room and board, cost negotiable. Availability starting July or August. References required. Contact Lorraine at lorraines@citywest.ca

Suites, Lower 1 bdrm furn/unfurn NS Utilities & laundry incl. References required. Incentive for seniors.

Avail immed. 250-562-2444

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Lets You Live Life.

Transportation Recreational/Sale 2011 18’ Creekside Trailer A/C, elec awning, Loaded.

Reduced $14,000 OBO 250596-4145 22 foot 2006 Salem LE travel trailer. Sleeps 4, like brand new. Can be viewed at 1310 Kellogg Ave. 250-564-8267

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Legal Notices

FOR SALE BY SEALED BID By 5 Star Towing under the Warehouse Lien Act 1979 Dodge Motorhome Vin# F33JT9V742897 have keys, runs on propane last registered to Snider, Matthew Sydney of Ontario amount owing $6845.37 2005 Chevy Uplander Vin# 1GNDV23LX5D209645 keys, last registered to Cahoose, Violet June of Burns Lake BC amount owing $5485.70 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser Vin# 3C4FY48B62T227666 keys, runs well last registered to Hendricks, Kelli Theresa of Prince George amount owing $7485.70 1991 Chevy S10 Vin# 1GCCS14A5M0187449 keys, runs well last registered to Rajchert, Rafal Piotr of Spences Bridge BC amount owing $9870.00 1995 Plymouth Neon Vin# 1P3ES47C3SD339080 no keys last registered to Norris, Garth Orland of Williams Lake BC amount owing $1144.68 1993 Ford Ranger Vin# 1FTCR15X9PPA22739 keys runs last registered to Wiebe, Katelyn Bree of Prince George amount owing $4845.00 2002 VW Jetta Vin# 3VWSB29M12M176914 no keys last registered to Jones, Paul Jessie of Prince George amount owing $1072.10 Bids may by dropped off or mailed to 733 2nd Ave Prince George BC V2L 3A4 or faxed to 614-9397 by no later than July 17 2012.

ANSWER TO PUZZLE NO. 584

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Owner retiring, well-established business only $129,000 email: bjg_cormorant@shaw.ca

Rentals

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STEEL BUILDING - Huge clearance sale! 20x24 $4,658.

25x28 $5,295. 30x40 $7,790.

32x54 $10,600.

40x58 $14,895. 47x78 $19,838. One end wall included. Pioneer Steel 1-800-668-5422. www.pioneersteel.ca.

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Compliance Courses & Customized Compliance and Safety Programs Forklift, HIAB and Power Chainsaw Courses Funding and Job Placement Programs Visit www.obrientraining.com 9185 Rock Island Road Prince George, BC V2N 5T4 250-563-1998 Toll-Free 1-877-563-1998

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Free Press accepts Datebook submissions in written form only — dropped off, mailed or e-mailed. No phone calls please.

Free Press Datebook runs as space allows every Wednesday.

No guarantee of publication.

Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George, B.C. V2N 1T3.

E-mail datebook@pgfreepress.com

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WEDNESDAY Whist, Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Senior Activity Centre, 425 Brunswick St. Wing night and karaoke, Wednesdays, 6-10 p.m., Royal Canadian Legion.

B.C.Civil Liberties meets second Wednesday of the month, 6 p.m., 2105 Pine St. Next meeting July 11.

“GIVE A LITTLE… GAIN A LOT!” Ducks Unlimited Canada Volunteers – help organize banquet & auction, sell tickets, fundraising, data entry, program development, preparing power points, set up and tear down of venue. Call Ken 250-964-3825 Spruce City Minor Boys Softball Fastball league for kids ages 5 – 18. Volunteer opportunities: field maintenance, concession help, equipment manager, scheduling manager, coaches & assistant coaches. Call Linda Hogh 250-964-8628 S.P.C.A. Seeking regular foster parents for dogs, cats, puppies and kittens.

Pets needs are provided, 2-8 weeks duration. Year-round & holiday fosters needed. Apply at www.spca.bc.ca/branches/northcariboo/ Call Sarah 250-562-5511

For information on volunteering with more than 100 non-profit organizations in Prince George, contact Volunteer Prince George

250-564-0224 www.volunteerpg.com

CNC Retirees meet fourth Wednesday, 9 a.m., D’Lanos.

Information: Lois 250563-6928.

Army Cadet Rangers free youth program, meets Wednesdays, Connaught Youth Centre. Information: Capt. McCue 250565-6993, 250-5649030.

THURSDAY DayBreakers Toastmasters meets Thursday, 7-8 a.m., Elder Citizens Recreation Association,1692 10th Ave. Information: Heather 250-6499591.

Plaza 400 Toastmaster Club meets Thursday, noon, Aleza room, fourth floor, Plaza 400 building, 1011 4th Ave. Information: 6252. toastmastersclubs. org/ or 250-5645191.

Spring Ultimate Frisbee League, Thursdays, 6-8 p.m., PGSS fields.

Information: www. pgultimate.bc.ca.

NCP workers and retirees meet third Thursday of the month, 10 a.m., Pine Centre food court.

ECRA Forever Young Chorus meet Thursdays, 12:45 p.m., ECRA, 1692

10th Ave. Chess nights, Thursdays, 6-9 p.m., Books and Company.

Information: Marilyn 250-562-9580.

Prince George Grassroots Cribbage Club registration, 6:30 p.m. play 6:45 p.m., Thursdays, Spruce Capital Recreation Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Information: Gerda 250-564-8561.

Old Time Fiddlers jam, Thursday, 7-10 p.m. Elder Citizens Rec Centre, 1692 10th Ave. NorthBreast Passage Dragon Boat Society meets first Thursday of the month, 7 p.m., Chronic Disease Management Room, UHNBC. Information: Anita 250-563-2949 or Betty 250-9627985.

Community Builder

Te re s a M A LLA M / Fre e Pre s s

Volunteers at Canada Day celebrations at Fort George on Sunday begin cutting the enormous 145th birthday cake for a long line-up of people.

Proud those Proud to to recognize recognize those who give in our community.

FRIDAY BMO KidzArt Dayz, July 6, 10 a.m.3 p.m., Civic Plaza.

More than 20 activity stations, and it’s free.

Live bands, Friday, 8 p.m.-midnight, Royal Canadian Legion.

SATURDAY BMO KidzArt Dayz, July 6, 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Civic Plaza. More than 20 activity stations, and it’s free.

Flea market, Saturdays, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave. Live bands, Saturday, 8 p.m.midnight, Royal Canadian Legion.

SUNDAY Dog Expo, July 8, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Huble Homestead, 40 km north on Highway 97. Information: 250-564-7033 or hublehomestead.ca.

Flea market, Sundays, 11 a.m.-4 p.m., 1156 Fourth Ave. Meat draw, Royal Canadian Legion, 3-5 p.m., sponsored

by Peace Keepers Proceeds to Alzheimer and MS societies and others.

MONDAY Tai Chi, Mondays, 1:30 p.m., Spruce

who give in our community.

1475 Edmonton Street • 250.565.2515 www.spiritofthenorth.bc.ca

Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Northern Twister Square Dance Club meets Mondays, 7 p.m., St. Michael’s Church Hall.

Information: Gys 250563-4828 or Reta 250-962-2740.

Royal Purple meets meets second and fourth Mondays, 7:30 p.m.

Information: Dianne 250-596-0125 or Jeanette 250-5639362.

TUESDAY Buddhist meditation class, Tuesdays 7–8:30 p.m., 320 Vancouver St. Information: 250962-6876 or www. tilopa.org.

Bridge, Tuesdays, 1 p.m., Spruce Capital Seniors Centre, 3701 Rainbow Dr. Spruce Capital Toastmasters meet Tuesdays, 7:25 p.m., 102-1566 7th Ave. Information: Tom 250-562-3402.

Sweet Adelines

1475 Edmonton Street • 250.565.2515 www spiritofthenorth bc ca

women’s fourpart chorus meets Tuesdays, 7:30 p.m., Studio 2880. New members welcome.

Information: Kathleen 250-563-2975.

Prince George Genealogical Society meets the third Tuesday of the month, St. Giles Presbyterian Church, 1500 Edmonton St. Hospital retirees meeting, first Tuesday of the month, 9 a.m., Prince George Golf Club. Information 250-563-7497 or 250-563-2885.

SUPPORT GROUPS Heartbeat, a group for mutual support of those who have lost a loved one through suicide, meets monthly at CMHA office. Information: Sandy 250-960-9047.

Thursday Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Knox United Church,1448 Fifth Ave. Information: 250-564-6336 (days), 250-964-4851

(evenings).

Red Hat Chapter meets for lunches and outings. Information: 250-564-6879.

AiMHi is offering networking and information session opportunity for parents, guardians, and caregivers.

Information: Jule O’Reilly 250-5646408 ext. 228.

Elks’ meat draw, Thursday, 4:306 p.m., Legion.

Proceeds to Elks’ Children’s Fund.

Tea Time for the Soul. Would you like someone to listen to you? Come, listen, and share while enjoying a cup of tea. Mondays from 3 to 5 p.m. at Forest Expo House, 1506 Ferry Ave. No cost.

For more information, Jesse or Catherine at 250-563-2551.

Singles and friends, social group of people of all ages and diverse backgrounds, meets Wednesdays, 7 p.m., A&W on 20th Avenue.

Wednesday Tops (take off pounds sensibly) 11:30 a.m. weigh in, noon meeting, St. Michael’s Anglican Church.

Information: 250-9603959, 778-416-0908.

Learning Circle Literacy Program works with adult learners and families on literacy, numeracy and computing skills.

Information: 250564-3568 ext. 228, or literacy@pgnfc.com.

Do you worry about the way you eat? Overeaters Anonymous may have the answers. No weigh-ins, dues or fees. Monday, 7:30 p.m., hospital, Room 421. Call Shelley 250612-3877.

Power Play, for children from newborns to five years old, Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30-11:30 a.m., Tuesdays, 1:303:30 p.m., South Fort George Family Resource Centre, 1200 La Salle Ave. Information: 250-6149449.

The Community Datebook provides free community event listings every Wednesday. Submissions are accepted in written form only – dropped off, mailed or emailed – No Phone Calls please. Datebook runs as space allows, there is no guarantee of publication. Mail to 1773 South Lyon St., Prince George BC V2N 1T3 E-mail datebook@pgfreepress.com

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